Tinker Jae · 2022-12-12 04:39
Posted this to /Ω/ but thought it might be more appropriate here.
Projects that can be made out of trash
IE Microwave Oven transformer welder or
Disk Drive CNC Machine
Bonus if you give tips on where to find trash for projects.
Sipho Nkosi · 2022-12-13 08:23
nice thread, I was recently looking at ways of building a 3d printer out of scrap.
If you can build a CNC, it's already a long way. You can make a CNC mill for "normal" things, but also to make PCBs, and with some effort, even a part picker. Basically a whole homebrew assembly line.
I wonder what should I look for in dumpsters if I want to find stepper motors...
H.R. Giger · 2022-12-13 09:15
>>9638
You can get a stepper motor out of a discarded printer.
Tinker Jae · 2022-12-13 16:54
>>9638
Preciate it
I've been look at microwave welder projects but to be honest I am scared of dying via thousands of volts so I would rather wait until I have done more stuff.
Hagbard Celine · 2022-12-13 18:57
A hard disk can also be a centrifuge.
https://hackteria.org/wiki/Hacked_Hard-disc_Centrifuge
Case · 2022-12-18 11:53
>>9641
Technically it's a hard disk drive centrifuge, since it uses the motors and enclosure of a drive; the hard disks are the (obviously hard) metal round "platters" the data is stored on. In early models the enclosure and disks could be easily separated. Compare it to floppy (opposite of hard) disk drive: the drive itself + floppy disk(ette) made out of thin plastic film are clearly separate mechanical entities.